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Human Rights Council: Russia responsible for ‘widespread death and destruction’ in Ukraine

By HRDI February 28, 2023Latest News

Speaking only days since a large majority of the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine, the UN chief stressed that Russia’s decision to go…

Care and support systems: A matter of Human Rights

By HRDI February 25, 2023Articles

“We need to radically reshape our understanding of support and care systems,” said UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk in his statement to Member States on transforming support and care systems. “The…

HUMAN RIGHTS: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION

By HRDI December 5, 2022Articles

“All should live together in harmony, supporting one another, like the spokes of the wheel”. — Atharva Veda “There are things we never want to let go. But keep in…

Shaking your Fists and Do Something!

By HRDI Admin February 13, 2012Articles, Bangladesh

By Dr. Richard L. Benkin Address to Telugu Association of North America (TANA) Rosemont, IL (Suburban Chicago) I was asked to come here today to talk about the ethnic cleansing…

Why no outrage over persecuted Hindus?

By HRDI Admin February 13, 2012Articles, Bangladesh

By Richard L. Benkin Guest Commentary Hindu women celebrate a religious festival inside a tent set up for the occasion in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The number of Hindus has radically decreased…

Will Bangladeshi Hindus be ignored Again?

By HRDI Admin February 13, 2012Articles, Bangladesh

By Dr. Richard L. Benkin for Asian Tribune from Chicago Dr. Richard BenkinLess than a week after the Mumbai terror attacks, United States Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice was in…

Repeal Enemy Property Act & show the support

By HRDI Admin February 13, 2012Articles, Bangladesh

Dr. Benkin Bangladesh Hindu Buddhists Christian Unity Council global chapters joined in a conference call on Saturday, 10th Jan 2009, just after the election. Global OP leaders called upon the…

Strange silence on Islamist terror

By HRDI Admin February 13, 2012Articles, Bangladesh

Richard L Benkin Obama should have spoken up for the Hindus in Pakistan and Bangladesh who face terrible atrocities. But he has chosen to remain stunningly silent on South Asia’s…

Why this silence on organised anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh?

By HRDI Admin February 13, 2012Articles, Bangladesh

Richard L Benkin Reports began trickling out of Bangladesh this spring about an anti-Hindu violence in the heart of its capital carried out in three stages: March 30, April 17,…

Bangladeshi Hindu Abducted, Forced to Convert to Islam: Update

By HRDI Admin February 13, 2012Articles, Bangladesh

I previously reported on the abduction of a young Hindu woman from her family’s home in northern Bangladesh (Bangladeshi Hindu Abducted, Forced to Convert to Islam, Canada Free Press, August…